The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Boards of various sizes should be kept in
convenient places, one for Dread, one for
meat smother for cot ting, AMI two o three
smaller ones on which to stand pots and
kettles.
Steel knives and forks are hest cleaned
with finely powdered bath brick.
Asparagus boilers, with loose fitting bot
toms, enable you to lift and dish the aspar-
sgus without breaking.
A graduated quart measure, marked on
the outside, is convenient aud more ac-
curate than the ordinary way of measuring
in kitchen cups.
Small culinary rollers are more conven-
lent than rolling-pin for making tarts,
cheese straws, cheese fingers or other light
pastries.
Small, easily turned ice cream freezers
are a perfect Joy to the housekeeper
Frozen desserts are always acceptable and
are quickly and easily made. With an
ice shaver sufficient ice may be powdered
in three minutes to freeze six quarts of ice
cream. We have at last got rid of the
ice-bag and mallet.
Poison by ivy may be relieved by apply
ing the following: Dissolve a tablespoo a.
full of copperas in two-thirds of teacup OF
boiling water, and when cold apply with
cloth to the parts affected.
If you want to make a good imitation
monkey that will please the children, here
are the directions: Make a large rag doll,
and on side OF the head glue the half of a
cocoanut shell that has a good imitation
face. Put on the head red knitted cap,
or one made from red flannel, so that it
covers the top and back of the rag head.
Cover the hands and feet with any kind of
dark brown cloth. Make a red flannel
jacket, trimmed with small gilt buttons,
and black velvet pants. Dress the doll 10
these clothes and see how the little ones
will like ik-Boston Budget.
Aside for X is now almost exclusively used
to convey the food of any consistency 10
the mouth, it is more than ever desired
that it be gracefully handled. We some
times see people take the fork in the left
hand and use it with tbs tines turned up
waId-tbat is, spoon fashion. Very often
they are making an extra effort to do what
they suppose is the proper thing. In reality
they are handling the fork in about
awkward manner as could be easily de-
vised. When the fork ,s held in the left
hand the food should be taken up and car
ried TO the mouth on the points of the tines.
In the right hand the fork may be used
with the tines pointed upward or down
ward at will.-Detroit Free Press.
In warm weather, young housekeepers
must take daily journey to the cellar to
detect foul air; and they should see that
proper ventilation is observed here aud
throughout the dwelling, at all times.
Probably there is no more prolific source
of disease than DOOR ventilation; and mere
ly opening windows to admit air Is not by
any means all that is implied by proper
ventilation. Even a free circulation of
air through the rooms in which are badly
aired beds, neglected carpets, aud an accu-
mutation of dust, will not entirely c0un-
teract the iii effects sure to arise from these
and similar reprehensible sho comings.
Childyen may be taught at an early age
to throw back the clothes from the bed,
and to hang the night clothing where 1t
will be thoroughly aired, and the habit
will cling TO them through LIE. It shou Id
be the duty of older persons to open WIN
dows, and otherwise admit air to all sleep.
ing apartments as soon as they are vacated
in the morning. 1t is on the seemingly